Sunday, 14 June 2015

UK: World's oldest newlyweds

EASTBOURNE, United Kingdom: A 103-year-old man and a 91-year-old
woman held their wedding in Britain on Saturday, becoming the oldest
couple to get married in the world.

Doreen Luckie, right, aged 91, and George Kirby (L), aged 103, talk as
they sign the registry book during their wedding ceremony at the Langham
Hotel in Eastbourne, southern England, on June 13, 2015. Doreen and
George are thought to be the oldest couple in the world to get married.

George Kirby and Doreen Luckie
- together for 27 years - looked delighted as they tied the knot at a
hotel in the seaside town of Eastbourne, southern England, before close
friends and family.

The bride wore a white dress with blue flowers
while the groom, a former boxer, was dressed smartly in a suit and tie,
and was in a wheelchair following a recent fall.

With a combined
age of 194 years, the pair beat the previous record held by a French
couple, Francois Fernandez and Madeleine Francineau, who had a combined
age of 191 years.

Speaking ahead of the ceremony, Luckie said the
couple had “no regrets” about not doing it earlier. “We didn’t want to
bother about marriage before but eventually we did it,” she said.

The couple reportedly have seven children, 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren between them.

They got engaged on Valentine’s Day this year, according to the Daily Mail.

“I
didn’t get down on one knee, because I don’t think I would have been
able to get back up,” the newspaper quoted Kirby as saying.